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    harddrive space bad

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by locdo, Feb 17, 2006.

  1. locdo

    locdo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know that not all hard drive have the value that they say they have for example my 80g hard drive is really 76g

    However should there be this much of a difference Most of the time I see only by at most 1 g .
    does this mean my hard drive has bad sectors
     
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    dragonesse Notebook Deity

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    no, that's normal. the bigger the hdd, the bigger the discrepancy between advertised and actual size. for example, my 160gb hdd is really only 154gb and my 250 is only 233.
     
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    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

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    The equation is basically this.

    In computer terms 1GB=1024MB

    In manufacturer's terms 1GB=1000MB

    So in turn 80GB manufacturers terms into computer terms is 78.125GB.

    Also if it is direct from say Dell/HP or a company like that. Some have a hidden 2GB partition for system recovery.

    That would explain the extra missing space.

    Hope this helped clarify. :)
     
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    dragonesse Notebook Deity

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    Thanks for filling in the equations -- I knew it was something like that, but I couldn't quite remember.

    The cache also comes out of the total hdd size, but since that'll only be 2-16megs, it's not a very noticable portion missing.
     
    dragonesse, Feb 17, 2006
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